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Children’s & Teens’Connection 2018

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Dear Readers:This week, the Fairfax Station / Clifton

/ Lorton Connection turns over its pagesto the youth and students.

We asked principals and teachers fromarea schools to encourage students tocontribute their words, pictures and pho-tos for our annual Children’s & Teens’Issue.

The response as always was enormous.While we were unable to publish everypiece we received, we did our best to puttogether a paper with a fair sampling ofthe submitted stories, poems, drawings,paintings, photographs and other works

of art.We appreciate the extra effort made by

school staff to gather the materials duringtheir busy time leading up to the holidays.We’d also like to encourage both schools andparents to mark their 2019 calendars forearly December, the deadline for submis-sions for next year’s Children’s & Teens’Connection. Please keep us in mind as yourchildren continue to create spectacularworks of art and inspiring pieces of writingin the coming year.

The children’s issue is only a part of ouryear-round commitment to cover educationand our local schools. As always, the Con-

nection welcomes letters to the editor,story ideas, calendar listings and noticesof local events from our readers. Photosand other submissions about specialevents at schools are especially welcomefor our weekly schools pages.

Our preferred method for material isemail, which should be sent [email protected], butyou can reach us by mail at 1606 KingStreet, Alexandria, VA 22314 or call 703-778-9414 with any questions.

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By Abby N., Grade 4 at Union Mill Elementary.

Kathryn Wood, Grade 2 at FairviewElementary – “Me and a Friend”Crayon drawing.

The Family Front by Alyssa Bernardi, 8, FairfaxStation, Grade 3 at Bonnie Brae Elementary.

Clay House by Gensen Linten, Grade 6 atSilverbrook Elementary.

Lady Bug by Sarah Keller, Grade 2 at Silverbrook Elementary.


Fairview Elementary

Ella Brown, Grade 5 – “Fruit In Basket”Watercolor painting.

Andrew Erbrecht, Grade 5 – “Fruit In Basket”Watercolor painting.

Sara Lyons, Grade 5 – “Fruit In Basket”Watercolor painting.

Benjamin Fulwiler, Grade 4 – “Mo-ment in Action” Construction papercrayon drawing.

Emily Morosco, Grade 5 – “Animal, Mithila Style” Colored pencil.

Abigail Sheehan, Grade 2 – “Favorite Landscape” Crayon drawing.

Submitted by Vered Grossman, Art Teacher.

Kaleo Okouchi, Grade 3 – “StandUp Head” Collage.

Kathryn Wood, Grade 2 – “Me and aFriend” Crayon drawing.


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Submitted by Vered Grossman,Art Teacher.

Hannah Morrison, Grade 4– “Moment in Action”Construction paper crayondrawing.

Henry Schwaberow, kinder-garten – “Line, Shape, andColor” Watercolor painting.

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Silverbrook Elementary Submitted by Andi Kim, Art / STEAM teacher

Zentangle by Allie Gardner,Grade 6

Zentangle by Brian Farish,Grade 6

Sun and Moon by CarolineApergis, Grade 4

Sun and Moon by Connor Corley,Grade 4

Sun and Moon by HadiyaPirzada, Grade 4

Kandinsky Abstract Drawing byKaty Guevara-Maldonado, Grade 5

Zentangle by Jasmin Morales,Grade 6

Clay Pot by Addy Falkofske, Grade 4 Insect Drawing by Emily Corner, Grade 2 Picasso Self Portrait byRyker Russo, Grade 3

Self Portrait Painting by Marilyn McQueen,Kindergarten

Butterfly by Nayah Nasr, Grade 2

Clay House by Anna Stephens,Grade 6

Clay Monster by AshlynCrowell, Grade 1 Cultural Cardboard Mask by Evelyn

Fulton, Grade 3Insect Drawing by Isaac Jeanes, Grade 2 Cultural Cardboard Mask

by Trista Crowell, Grade 3Self Portrait Painting by Patti Quigley, Kindergarten

Zentangle by Nayiri Bedros, Grade 6Cultural Cardboard Mask byRegan Laurenz, Grade 3

Kandinsky Abstract Drawing byRiley Jacobs, Grade 5 Zentangle by Royce Ward, Grade 6

Zentangle by Sienna Mersinger,Grade 6

Sun and Moon by Vincent West,Grade 4


Union Mill Elementary Submitted by art teachers Anne Hollis and Jennifer Martinelli.

By Matt M., 10, Clifton, Grade 5

By Bella G., 7, Clifton, Grade 2

By Darian P., Grade 3

ByHayleyG.,Grade 2

By Shloka E., Grade 1

By Alan C., 6, Clifton, Kindergarten

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Union Mill ElementarySubmitted by art teachers Anne Hollis and Jennifer Martinelli.

By Jonathan G., Kindergarten

By Parker H., Grade 1

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By Gwyneth C., 12, Centreville, Grade 6By Emma S., 7, Clifton, Grade 1

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Artwork submitted by Art Classes in Burke with Instructor Carol Zeitlin.

Color Pencil Drawing by Amanda Bohn

My Thanksgiving by Josephine Bronson

Drawing byCalvin Ashley

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Favorite SeasonMy favorite season is summer because it

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Some more reasons I like summer is be-cause I have a lot of fun and I do not haveto do any schoolwork. I like summer be-cause I get to wear shorts every day andhave lots of fun at the pool. One last reasonI like summer is because I get to travel to alot of places for vacation and sometimes Ican see my family in different parts of theworld.

And this is why I like summer.

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Favorite AnimalMy favorite animal is the Maltese dog

because they don’t shed. They are cute, cud-dly, loving, and also friendly. Because Mal-tese are small they don’t have to go in thecargo of the plane. My family and the dogcould go many places like Miami, New York,Boston, and other places. I think that oneday if I got my dream Maltese dog I wouldbe happier than ever. My dog name wouldbe Lavender, because it’s my favorite flower.Each day when I come home at 2:30 shewould run to the door or just sit there wag-ging her tail waiting for me to come home.Also, when I get home, I would take Laven-der to my friend’s house, I think she wouldlove it.

After my friends house, I would take heron a walk at the dog park. Once we gotback home from our walk I would feed herand play with her some more because she’smy dog and I love her!

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